An enjoining order restraining Sri Lanka Cricket Secretary Nishantha Ranathunga from being re-appointed to the post was issued by the Mount Lavinia District court today.

The Customs Special Operations and Investigations unit today seized Rs.120 million worth of contraband cigarettes and some 14,000 kilos of sprats imported from Dubai. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

None of the Port workers will refuse to unload Indian goods that arrive in Colombo as mentioned in some media reports, Port and Highways Deputy Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardana said yesterday

An arrest warrant had been issued against the Cobra woman by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court. The suspect Nirosha Wimalaratne alias Dilani was not present in courts today

Heavy rains were experienced in Colombo this morning. The Department of Meteorology said showers could be expected in the southwestern coastal areas during the morning and thundershowers would develop at a few places in the Sabaragamuwa, Western, S

The government will raise a loan of USD 44.3 million from India for the development of the Kankesanturai Port for commercial operations, Daily Mirror learns

Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor says 20 Sri Lankan asylum seekers were sent home from Christmas Island yesterday. Mr O'Connor says they did not have a legal right to remain there

‘Common difference’ a documentary on the three-decade Sri Lankan conflict was screened for the first time today at the Lakshman Kadirgamar institute. Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was chi

The Government Nursing Officers Association held a protest today, opposite the Health Ministry this afternoon urging the authorities to immediately address their grievances. Pix by Samantha Perera

‘Ravana Balaya’ held a protest outside the Sri Lanka Cricket office today. Secretary of the organisation Iththakande Saddathissa Thera met Nishantha Ranathunga of the cricket board and expressed his displeasure about the participation o

A former coordinating Secretary to a politician has been arrested by the Bandaranaike International Air Port Criminal Investigating Department Officers today, believed to have cheated millions of rupees from the people while disguising himself as a C

The Health Ministry today decided to terminate the services of the minor staff of the Colombo National Hospital (CNH) who refrained from attending to their assigned duties after reporting for duty following an ultimatum given by Health Secretary Dr.

An Ella hotel owner was arrested on charges of having groped a 39-year-old French woman. She had come to Sri Lanka last week with a friend and had visited the well-known waterfall at Ella

A gang of foreigners, four Malaysians and two Sri Lankans, have been arrested and charged with the fraudulent use of over 100 ATM cards to withdraw around 10 million baht cash in Thailand, the Economic and Cyber Crime Division announced on Wednesday

Malaka Silva son of controversial Minister Mervyn Silva is pictured in a jubilant mood leaving court. Malaka, Rehan and four others were acquitted in the case of alleged assault and theft on an Army Major.  Pix by Nisal Baduge

‘Ravana Balaya’ members including Buddhist monks held a protest rally outside Sri Lanka Cricket office today vowing to “take action against the cricketers who are prostituting themselves for money”.

The son of Mervyn Silva, Malaka, Rehan Wijeyrathne and 4 other suspects were discharged  today from the assault case of an Army Major on instructions the of the Attorney General ???

At a time when the entire State was breathing fire over the atrocities perpetrated by Lankan forces on Tamils in the Island nation, three Sri Lankan Tamil youth landed at Arichalmunai near Dhanushkodi in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Godakawela Pradeshiya Sabha member L.H. Dharmasiri and Sanath Nandana alias Chutimalli  the third and fourth suspects in the killing of a mother and daughter at Kotakethana were yesterday released by the Pelmadulla Magistrate Chandani  Nira

The Regional office of the Uthayan newspaper in Kilinochchi was attacked this morning. Pictured here the damages caused to the office. Pix by Romesh Madushanka

French charity Action Contre La Faim (ACF) said that the Sri Lankan government must find and prosecute those responsible for the massacre of 17 aid workers during the country's 25-year civil war.

The Regional Office of the Uthayan newspaper in Kilinochchi has been attacked early this morning, sources said

The LTTE is known to have taken over more than 2,000 acres of residential properties belonging to Muslims in the North and given them to its supporters during the war, officials said yesterday

Sri Lanka, for the first time, was ranked in the “high human development” category of the United Nations Human Development Programme (UNDP) “Human Development Report (HDR) 2013”.  The HDR which reports on a country&rsq

‘Organisation to safeguard sovereignty’ held a protest today outside the Ports Authority against anti Sri Lanka campaigns launched in Chennai and Tamil Nadu. Pix by Nisal Baduge

The Ceylon Tobacco Company increased cigarette prices for its premium brand with effect from midnight yesterday

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka said his newly registered Democratic Party would contest future elections only under the ‘burning torch symbol’

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka told a news conference about his plans for the newly registered party under his leadership. The party’s symbol will be the flaming torch and Mr. Fonseka was confident of being  the torchbearer of a ne

Minister Mervyn Silva’s two coordinating secretaries, who were the two main suspects in the killing of Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member Hasitha Madawala, were granted bail by the Kadawatha Magistrate’s Court today.

Pictures show the suspects of the recent attacks in Pepiliyana, including three monks, being escorted to the court today. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana